COMMISSION TARGETS BIOMEDICAL LABORATORY LAWS
February 1st, 2009 BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to declare that special restrictions on the ownership of capital in biomedical laboratories are illegal across the European Union. In a test case, Brussels is opposing France laws including a ban on non-biomedical firms owning more than 25% of a company operating such laboratories.
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THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to declare that special restrictions on the ownership of capital in biomedical laboratories are illegal across the European Union. In a test case, Brussels is opposing France laws including a ban on non-biomedical firms owning more than 25% of a company operating such laboratories.
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